Don't raise 103. I do not care if they add a weight between 215 and heavy - but I do not think the number of kids participatiing in wrestling supports adding 3 weights over 200. Not a bad idea. But most teams will then have opens at 245 and/or heavy. Larger schools will benifit from the addition of another weight just because off numbers. This would have a bigger impact in duals. I do not think it would have as big of an effect on regular bracketed tournaments with 24 to 32 teams and team scoring.


shawnbudke
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Registered: 03/21/05
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Loc: Leavenworth, KS Smokey,

I agree with your position. I would argue that one of the reasons you see more numbers on the smaller kids side during the summer is because the bigger kids are training for football. They have that option.....the little guys don't, therefore they are more likely to wrestle during the summer.

I personally think we need to keep the weights the same at the lower end and possibly look to add a weight in the heavier end. JMO.